TANDY, Bertram Lockley
| Service Numbers: | 3002, 3002A |
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| Enlisted: | 15 April 1916, Sports Ground, Sydney |
| Last Rank: | Private |
| Last Unit: | 20th Infantry Battalion |
| Born: | Orange, New South Wales, Australia , 29 November 1899 |
| Home Town: | Orange, Orange Municipality, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not yet discovered |
| Occupation: | Labourer |
| Died: | Killed in Action, France, 19 April 1917, aged 17 years |
| Cemetery: |
Noreuil Australian Cemetery, Picardie F. 18., |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Orange Cenotaph, Orange Holy Trinity Anglican Church Honour Board, Orange WW1 Honour Board |
World War 1 Service
| 15 Apr 1916: | Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 3002, Sports Ground, Sydney | |
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| 26 Oct 1916: | Involvement Private, 3002, 53rd Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '19' embarkation_place: Sydney embarkation_ship: HMAT Ascanius embarkation_ship_number: A11 public_note: '' | |
| 26 Oct 1916: | Embarked Private, 3002, 53rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Ascanius, Sydney | |
| 23 Mar 1917: | Transferred AIF WW1, Private, 20th Infantry Battalion | |
| 19 Apr 1917: | Involvement Private, 3002A, 20th Infantry Battalion, --- :awm_ww1_roll_of_honour_import: awm_service_number: 3002A awm_unit: 20 Battalion awm_rank: Private awm_died_date: 1917-04-19 |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Robert Kearney
Served under alias Edward Ernest Bingham
Biography contributed by Michael Silver
Bertram Lockley Tandy enlisted in the Australian Navy on 7 October 1915 at age 16. He absconded from HMAS Tingira on 26 January 1916.
Bertram enlisted in the AIF at Portland on 4 February 1916 but was discharged on 1 March; his services were no longer required when he was found to be a Navy deserter.
Bertram enlisted again, under the assumed name of Edward Ernest Bingham at Victoria Barracks on 15 April 1916, and embarked via Ascanius at Sydney on 25 October 1916. He joined the 20th Battalion in France on 23 March 1917 and was reported as wounded and missing in action on 19 April 1917. This was later changed to killed in action on that date. He was buried at Noreuil Australian Cemetery, France. He was just 17.
The Tandy family was informed of Bertram’s death on 12 December 1917, the same day that his father Edward passed away.
Bertram Lockley Tandy is remembered on the Holy Trinity Church Orange Honour Roll and the World War I Roll of Honour on the southern face of the Orange Cenotaph.
In 1923 the Anzac Memorial Avenue of trees was planted along Bathurst Road to commemorate fallen WWI soldiers. A tree was planted in honour of “Pte BL Tandy”; it was donated by Robert Frost. Very few of the trees are still standing today.
Two of Bertram’s brothers also served in WWI: Ernest Edward Tandy, who died of wounds in France in September 1918 and Richard William Tandy, who returned to Australia in 1919.
Sharon Jameson and Margaret Nugent, January 2019
http://www.theorangewiki.orange.nsw.gov.au/index.php?title=Bertram_Lockley_Tandy
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